Match Thread V Chelsea (A)

[Ambitious]

Definitely the better team on the night, but sometimes it's not your night. Unfortunately, despite our best effort, tonight just wasn't meant to be for us. Quick player ratings from myself: Carson 6; Bogle 6, Keogh 8, Tomori 7, Malone 5; Huddlestone 9, Mount 6, Wilson 5; Waghorn 7, Marriott 8, Lawrence 8 

It's a good performance. 

[Gritstone Ram]

It’s a bit weird both set of fans singing super Frankie Lampard

[RoyMac5]

Super, super Frank. Super, super Frank, super, super Frank...super Frankie Lampard.

#COYR

[ramit]

Gutsy high energy performance.  Go out but with heads high

[Kernow]

Not our night, but proud of the players. We've gone to one of the best sides in the country (again), looked more than a match for them (again), and were actually quite unlucky to not win in the 90 minutes (again)...

The mistakes were unfortunate and sloppy but how we played, you'd think they hadn't happened. That's what I would have been more concerned about, not the mistakes themselves because they are often freak incidents, it's how you respond to a mistake that's important. Tonight we responded really well, we're all anybody is talking about, not Chelsea. They had to bring on players like Luiz and Azpilicueta in an attempt to keep us at bay.

I love the style of football and I love the players we have in our team. So many likeable characters, all headed by an extremely likeable manager. I'm loving Frank, I'm loving our side and more importantly I'm loving this season. Good things can happen for us, long may it continue.

[hintonsboots]

2 minutes ago, one_chop said:

Gonna be tired on Saturday so don't expect a performance like that.

3 nights sleep, ice baths, massage, top nutrition.....jumpers for goalposts ?

Great performance, we certainly deserve some luck now for the rest of the season.

[Kinder]

Very proud of the boys again tonight - said that quite a few times recently! Could easily have taken that to pens.

[Donnyram]

One word....... PROUD

[David]

 

[DJFern94]

Losing to Chelsea doesn't feel bad, not even half as bad as losing to Burton could do.

[Shang]

Really proud of the performance tonight, if those two freak own goals didn't go in we'd be through right now. Couldn't ask for more performance wise.

Huddlestone is absolutely undroppable after this. Marriott looks to be an incredible signing. Future's bright!

[Mr Tibbs]

You could go to town on some of the defending but no need to after that performance as a whole. We lost and the feel good factor is better than some wins we've had. We could be on the verge of something special. 

Let's keep it rolling. 

[Rampage]

Well done the Rams. Gave Chelsea a great game and we could have won it. We missed more than they scored. Onwards and upwards. ?

[Comrade 86]

Mixed feelings after a game we might have won. So proud of the lads and how we went about things though so the overriding sense of it is massively positive. The Rams are back, that's for certain. Get the lads home, get them freshened up and we can do some real damage back in the Championship. COYR

[Gritstone Ram]

Well we can concentrate on the league now.

[gazram80]

What a shame that our defensive lapses cost us!

The game was there for us tonight, oh well let's hope we can continue this on Saturday and have a break until the following Saturday. 

Onwards and upwards

[Justa]

Proud to be a Ram tonite !

[Ambitious]

It was good to see the nice comments on Twitter. All the best to Chelsea in the Caravan Cup ?.

[SaintRam]

1 minute ago, DJFern94 said:

Losing to Chelsea doesn't feel bad, not even half as bad as losing to Burton could do.

I said that to the Americans I was watching the game with ? 

"I'll take losing now with that performance over winning now and losing to whoever we get in the next round."

 

For all the chastisement of the "focus on the league" mentality, (which I think should continue as being in the cup is fun and entertaining), our chances in the league are better off without the cup games. Especially going out of the cup in such a confidence boosting manner.

[Kernow]

Just now, Ambitious said:

It was good to see the nice comments on Twitter. All the best to Chelsea in the Caravan Cup ?.

Nice to see @Gypsy Ram sponsoring the cup.